In the heart of the sea
Subtitle: The tragedy of the whaleship Essex.
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780141001821
Subjects: Essex (Whaleship); Shipwrecks--Pacific Ocean
Description: In 1819, the 238-ton Essex set sail from Nantucket on a routine voyage to hunt whales. Fifteen months later, the Essex was rammed and sunk by an enraged sperm whale.